"When you're constantly surrounded by a higher class of athlete, you can run the risk of always having to qualify yourself," said Finn Melanson, founder and host of the SingleTrack podcast. After finishing his first thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail, Melanson moved to Salt Lake City as a way to embed himself in a community where there was already a high concentration of individuals serious about their outdoor pursuits, specifically trail running. Another podcaster, Jonathan Levitt, host of the For the Long Run podcast, found himself in a similar position to Melanson, moving to Boulder, Colorado, from Boston.
Melanson hopes to develop a "centralized hub on the internet for trail and ultrarunners to find industry and industry-adjacent companies and open positions"